Navegacion y Servicios Aéreos Canarios

Navegacion y Servicios Aéreos Canarios
IATA
ZN[1]
ICAO
NAY
Callsign
NAYSA
Founded 1969
Hubs Gran Canaria Airport
Secondary hubs Tenerife North Airport
Fleet size 11
Headquarters Las Palmas, Spain
Website http://www.naysa.es/

Navegacion y Servicios Aéreos Canarios, better known by its initialism NAYSA, is a regional airline based in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain. It operates scheduled and charter flights, as well as cargo flights, air taxis, air ambulance flights and crew transfers. Its main base is Gran Canaria International Airport.[1]

History

The airline was founded by Alfonso Carrero, it was established and started operations on 7 May 1969 at Córdoba as NAYSA (Navegacion y Servicios Aéreos) and added Canarias to the title when operations in the Canary Islands were started in 1973. The fleet consisted originally of a Lear 35, four Piper Navajo Chieftain, a Piper Aztec, a Piper Cherokee and a PA-18. This company was credited by being one of the first Third Level or Commuter Airlines in Europe. It established the first regular services between the Canary Islands and the Spanish Sahara and linked Madrid Barajas with smaller airports throughout Spain. On 1975 Spain lost the Spanish Sahara and several Government subsidised contracts were lost. The company changed owners in 1977 and transferred its headquarters to Las Palmas. It is owned by Canarias de Aviación (75%) and Serair (25%) and has 28 employees as of March 2007.[1]

ATR 72 of Naysa landing on Gran Canaria.

Fleet

The Navegacion y Servicios Aéreos Canarios (NAYSA) fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of January 2012):[2]

All are operated under a franchise agreement as Binter Canarias.

Destinations

NAYSA (Navegacion y Servicios Aéreos Canarios) operates the following services (as of July 2010)

List of Destinations
City Airport
Portugal
Madeira Madeira Airport
Spain
El Hierro El Hierro Airport
Fuerteventura Fuerteventura Airport
Gran Canaria Gran Canaria Airport Hub
La Gomera La Gomera Airport
La Palma La Palma Airport Hub
Lanzarote Lanzarote Airport
Tenerife Tenerife North Airport Hub
Tenerife South Airport

External links

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-10. p. 55.
  2. "Directory: World Airlines Part 3 (2009)". Flight International: 29–90. 2009-04-14.